Marcum Announces New International Tax Leaders

New York City, NY - Marcum LLP, a top national accounting and advisory services firm, named Mark Chaves, CPA, and Douglas Nakajima, J.D.,
LL.M., as co-leaders of the Firm's International Tax Services Department. The appointments are effective immediately.

Mr. Chaves is a Tax & Business Services partner in Marcum's Miami office. He has more than 20 years of experience in domestic and international tax
planning and structuring, mergers and acquisitions and business reorganizations. His focus is on working with multinational corporations to manage
cross border direct and indirect tax issues, foreign tax credit and repatriation planning, reorganization of expatriate and impatriate tax matters,
and ASC 740 reporting. In addition, he assists individuals with international estate planning, inbound tax structuring of investments in U.S. real
property, and pre-immigration planning, as well as with cross border tax issues and filings for FINCEN compliance.

Doug Nakajima is a tax director in Marcum´s Philadelphia office. He has over 30 years of experience in federal and international tax and strategic business
planning, advising a diverse client base of U.S. and multinational manufacturing, service and technology, and financial services businesses. He has
advised public and private clients on the tax treatment of domestic and cross-border transactions, inbound and outbound business expansion strategies,
domestic and cross-border acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations, intercompany transfer pricing analysis, documentation and audit defense,
treaty interpretation, and repatriation planning. He has worked extensively with tax advisors in foreign countries to develop global structures that
minimize U.S. and foreign tax exposures, and in this role, has forged effective working relationships with key professionals throughout North America,
Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim.

"Mark Chaves and Doug Nakajima both have superlative qualifications to lead Marcum's International Tax Department as global tax compliance and offshore
strategic planning are becoming more complex and more nuanced both for companies and individuals," said Joseph J. Perry, Firm-wide partner-in-charge
of Tax & Business Services.

About Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation, with offices in major business markets throughout the U.S., as well as Grand Cayman, China, and Ireland. Headquartered in New York City, Marcum provides a full spectrum of traditional tax, accounting, and assurance services; advisory, valuation, and litigation support; managed accounting services; and an extensive portfolio of specialty and niche industry practices. The Firm serves both privately held and publicly traded companies, as well as nonprofit and social sector entities, high net worth individuals, private equity funds, and hedge funds, with a focus on middle-market companies and closely held family businesses. Marcum is a member of the Marcum Group, an organization providing a comprehensive array of professional services.

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Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation, with offices in major
business markets throughout the U.S., as well as Grand Cayman, China and Ireland.